What's on your bench today?

[spudulike]

30 year old Kawasaki strimmer, pissin out fuel everywhere and not firing, first idea was needle valve in the carb.

 

Pullt he carb off, plonk a bit of tube on the fuel connector, blow down the tube, bingo - it leaks.

 

Strip out the diaphragam and tap it to open it and it seals fine, strip it down, good clean and then re-assemble. Fires up OK, adjust idle and mix, all good.

 

Should keep the old thing going for a few more years.

 

Oh, the recoil fell apart during this so had to improvise a new spring:001_rolleyes:

[Rich2484]

Whats the best substance for cleaning chainsaw plastics?

[woody paul]

Husky 250rx strimmer which played up last time it was used so changed plug and it was allright, got it out to check it for tomorrow and it played up again ran for a short time flat out then just stop. Took carb off cleaned out, HT lead, Stop lever, no still the same result. Then changed plug and away we went.

[JAMIE1]

Whats the best substance for cleaning chainsaw plastics?

 

I soak them in gunk degreaser in the parts washer then put them through the dishwasher and then polish to get a shine with WD40. One of the best thing i ever bought is a VAX hand held steam cleaner, its brilliant for removing stubborn dirt in hard to get places and works brilliantly for removing dirt that has ingressed into the scuffs and scratched on the plastics.

[Stubby]

Whats the best substance for cleaning chainsaw plastics?

 

A 50/50 mix of Larks vomit and Badger piss works well

[Rich2484]

A 50/50 mix of Larks vomit and Badger piss works well

 

Ever tried to get hold of badger wee. They can scratch you know.

 

Can't do the dishwasher, don't have one.

[elfinwood saws]

Zetor tractor, dropped number 1 cylinder on inspection found both pushrods bent! No valve to piston contact but lots of carbon build up on piston/head/valves and valve stem. S o what has caused both pushrods to bend? Took all the cylinder heads off and they had been running spot on just number has the problem, so a lot of carbon build up before the pushrod problem, valves on number 1 weren't seating very well and the previous owner used to leave it ticking over for long periods. I,ve cleaned all the carbon and lapped in all the valves, getting new pushrods/injector and a headset tomorrow, so hopefully it should running tomorrow.

[elfinwood saws]

Zetor bit,s arrived today, so it,s back together and running only took 2 hours! they are a simple engine and having separate heads makes it even easier. It,s running much smoother. Going give it some work to do in my own woods tomorrow to make sure everything is ok.

[Johny Walker]

just fitted a new piston to an ms200t, & another new carb ,its now on its 3,rd carb :thumbdown:the 2,nd been a replacement from stihl

 

but now runs sweet as nut , £134 for the parts

[tree monkey]

johny was it a stihl piston?